Hyde Park, Sydney

Happy Christmas from Byron!

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December 26th 2006
Happy Christmas everybody! Hope you all had a lovely day eating your roast turkey and Christmas pud! Well, we spent the day on the beach at Byron Bay. We had bbq'd seafood, lobster, prawns etc, and lots of champagne, wearing santa hats (everyone wears them here). It was fantastic, although very strange being on the beach in lovely weather, and going for a swim in the sea in the afternoon. Well, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more